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The Five Stages of Grief, updated for 2022:

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Mastadon

BREAKING: Mike Pence has announced he’s running for president in 2024. I just want to make it VERY CLEAR that I, The LORD, think that Mike Pence sucks.

@godpod
He may want to, but Mother would never allow it. She'd lock him in his prayer closet, under the stairs.

It’s one thing for Elon Musk to wish ill will on Democrats β€” not a terribly wise business move, but whatever. But now he’s lauding Russian government statements calling for the destruction of the United States. I’m sorry, but that’s seriously screwed up.

The Guy Who Ruined Twitter 

@MeidasTouch
Elmu is a douche nozzle. A crusty one, that hasn't been washed for, like, ever.

This, this 1000x thisπŸ‘‡
This guys gets it. Do you?
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RT @JeromeAdamsMD
We focus on vaccination- yet ventilation is our largest ROI- yet least utilized mitigation tool. One in every classroom & store would save 100,000 lives, EZ.πŸ‘‡πŸ½

The Homemade Air Purifier That's Been Saving Lives During the Covid-19 Pandemic | Smithsonian smithsonianmag.com/innovation/
twitter.com/JeromeAdamsMD/stat

@elan @kayofthehill @chemoelectric @Gargron

I'm sure presenting the list is by design, but the way it's presented, and requiring the poster to choose something to make the list go away could probably work a little better. Like if there's a space after, clear away the list, it's no longer needed.

Today is the day American consumers return to the mall like turtles returning to the place of their birth.

My son gave his sisters, who are big fans of the movie, packs of 1986 Little Shop of Horrors trading cards/stickers we found in a vintage store. They loved themβ€”and then talked him into eating the 37 year old gum they came with. He can generally handle pretty gross stuff (he's a nine year old boy, after all) but I've never before seen him run to the sink and wash his mouth out with quite so much urgency.

Thread on a wild yet not uncommon exchange today. I share as an anecdote of how embedded racism is in our society & how close it's tied to economics

A white guy named "Bill" age ~60 says to, "Where are you *from* from?"

Me: [sigh] I'm from Pakistan. [I go back to my phone]

Bill: Pakistan? What do you do for a living?

Me: Civil rights lawyer

Bill: I'm a lawyer too! But I stay away from race & women stuff. Last thing I need is to be called racist or accused of sexual harassment

Me: Huh?

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@QasimRashid
I was raised with racism - the genteel type that could get away with not calling itself that. I moved away from it when I was 18, started recognizing it in my early-20s, and now, 35+ years later, I still have to stop and think before I speak, in certain situations. It's insidious.
The *only* reason I've made what progress I have is people calling me on it, and pointing it out. Then I have to go away, be by myself a bit while I think it through from a different perspective.

@kayofthehill @chemoelectric @elan
In the web version I've found I can click in the text of the post somewhere, and the list of tags disappears, so I can type and post. But if there's more than one choice listed, it covers the button to post, and I can't click it till that list goes away.

Ben Shapiro is ranting about Glass Onion because it is such an effective poke in the ribs to Elon Musk.

By the way, I agree with the film's premise that making companies successful is not always correlated with intellect. In Musk's case it is clearly correlated with bravado & slippery ethics

I am always mindful that when it comes to intellectual deficit, the Republican lift doesn’t have access to the executive floors.

There’s no better example than support for Ukraine in their battle for survival. Only intellectually challenged Republicans would see military support as a poor investment.

It is bargain basement cheep to support another army to degrade the military assets of such a major adversary, without risking a single U.S. soldier. Alas it’s beyond the mental capacity of some.

@politicsusa46
For 5% of the US's total military budget, ~50% of Russian military capability has been wiped away, and without a single US military death.
We should quadruple that investment, and build Ukraine to a level Russia wouldn't dare put a toe over the border again.

I’m at a pharmacy waiting for a prescription to get filled and wandering around.

It turns out that if you want to time-travel, you can just take a whiff of Jōvan Musk and you will find yourself stranded in 1987.

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